Cake is often a major part of life’s celebrations, both big
and small. From birthdays to wedding days, cake, in all its delectable
concoctions, marks joyous occasions with a sweetness that can’t be beat. But
even better is the love that is shared when two people connect over a sweet
confection. Maybe it’s a cute new guy wreaking havoc on a broken heart, or a
beautiful woman testing the limits of love, or an old beau stirring up long
lost desires. Whatever the circumstances, cake can always be relied upon to
save the day when it comes to affairs of the heart. In this collection of short
stories, cake is the delicious center around which each tale unfolds and
romance blooms.When single mom and journalist, Olivia, sets out to find
romance in Cindy
Arora’s “Cake Therapy,” she gets a little help from her friends
and more than a few slices of cake to coax her off the couch and into the arms
of a truly great love. Lucie Simone’s “Aprez Vous” finds success-driven Tara in
Paris reminiscing of her long lost love, Jean Marc, and her niece bound and
determined to reunite them. In “The Heart-Shaped Secret of Raspberry Jam” by Sue Watson, cake
enthusiast, Milly, meets her match in the kitchen, and other places, when new
owners take over the tea rooms where she works and her talents and her heart
are put to the test. And Scott, mayor of a small seaside community, flirts
with political suicide in Joel Zlotnik’s “Her Charms” when he falls for new-in-town
Nicole, an entrepreneur with a passion for cupcakes, and whose latest
venture proves a little too sexy for the sleepy beach town.From San Francisco to Paris, from small towns to tea rooms,
this anthology tempts readers with humor, style, romance, and the powerful
aphrodisiac that is cake. Petit Four is four stories, frosted with
love.

Like I said, I am so crazy excited to read this collection. I don't have a review date set for it yet but I do have a Q&A with the authors coming up tomorrow!